Month: September 2016

In anticipation of the arrival of an all-female flotilla to Gaza, Gaza-based female activists recorded a message in which they welcomed the international activists and saluted their courageous act. The Women’s Boat to Gaza is the […]

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister, Riyad Al-Maliki, sent a letter to UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, asking him to stop Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes “immediately”, Anadolu has reported. The letter was also sent to New […]

A Palestinian was killed and three others critically injured when a tunnel between the northern besieged Gaza Strip and Israel collapsed on Thursday afternoon. Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman, Ashraf al-Qidra, identified the deceased Palestinian […]

Students at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, one of Latin America’s top-ranked universities, have voted to back the Palestinian call to support the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, the Electronic Intifada reported. The […]

Israeli authorities have prevented Gazan worshipers from attending the Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem due to the funeral of former Israeli President, Shimon Peres. Israel allows 250 elderly Palestinian worshipers from […]

Palestinian engineer, Fadi Albatsh, from the Gaza Strip won the prestigious Khazanah scholarship in Malaysia, awarded initially to Asian students, and which included Palestinian students from 2013. Albatsh was the first Palestinian student to win […]

The Prisoners Affairs Body (PAB) has revealed that the Israeli occupation authorities have arrested more than 100,000 Palestinians since the outbreak of the Second Palestinian Uprising on September 28, 2000. PAB added that these arrests […]

By Palestine Chronicle Staff B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories has published a new report yesterday revealing that Israel has reduced the amount of water given to Palestinian villages […]

The London-based Alhayat Newspaper has revealed that a new diplomatic crisis between France and Israel is ongoing behind the scenes after France proposed an initiative for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The newspaper noted […]

An Israeli court has renewed the administrative detention of Palestinian prisoner, Bilal Salim Salhab al-Tamimi, for the sixth time since he was detained more than two years ago, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies said […]

Amnesty International has accused Israeli forces of displaying “an appalling disregard for human life by using reckless and unlawful lethal force against Palestinians”, in a new statement timed to coincide with the anniversary of an […]

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres has died at a hospital near Tel Aviv at the age of 93, after his condition deteriorated following a stroke, local media report. Peres was admitted to Sheba Medical Centre […]

Mekameleen TV has aired a leaked recording of a telephone conversation between former Fatah leader, Mohammed Dahlan, and the head of the Palestinian Profile in Egypt’s intelligence services in which the latter can be heard criticizing […]

Israeli forces have prevented a Palestinian woman suffering from cancer from leaving the blockaded Gaza Strip through the Erez crossing for medical exam at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv. According to […]

Sheikh Sabah Ahmed Alsabah, the first deputy of the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers and the Minister of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, “Kuwait would be the last country to normalize relations with Israel.” Alsabah […]

The body of Palestinian prisoner Yasser Hamdouni, 40, from the town of Yabad in Jenin will be buried today after his body was handed over to his family via Aljalamieh checkpoint near Jenin yesterday. Hamdouni […]

The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists has called for international support to Palestinian journalists against Israeli violations in order to allow them to fulfill their missions. The Committee warned against continuing Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists […]

Palestinian MP Jamal Al-Khoudary, Head of the Popular Committee to End Gaza’s Siege, said in a press statement that building a passage through the sea is one way to end Gaza’s siege. In addition, he called […]

Israeli media sources said Israeli authorities have allowed the transfer of 12 monkeys and two turtles to a zoo in the West Bank city of Tulkarim today, through the Erez Crossing. The animals were transferred […]

Hamas political chief, Khaled Meshaal, has said he will not run for re-election as the head of the Palestinian group next year. “Khaled Meshaal will be the former head of Hamas’ political bureau next year,” […]

Israeli forces uprooted a number of trees on Sunday morning in a nature reserve in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, Palestinian sources told Ma’an news agency. Ratij Jabour, a coordinator for the […]

US Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that if elected, the United States would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, marking a potential dramatic shift in US […]

By Ali Kazak The recent debate and resignation of Australian federal Senator, Sam Dastyari, from the opposition front bench for accepting $1670 donation from “a Chinese government-linked” company and his adoption of a “pro-China stance […]

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that he “hoped” US President Barack Obama would not seek to establish a Palestinian state at the United Nations. In an interview aired on Israel’s Channel 2 on Saturday, […]

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